Volpone Character Descriptions

Androgyno - This character is a hermaphrodite whose sole purpose is to entertain and flatter.

Avocatori - This group of people are the four judges who hear trials.

Bonario - This character believes he has been disinherited; although he does not want to believe ill of his father, he is eventually convinced.

Castrone - This character is a eunuch, whose role is simply to entertain and flatter.

Celia - This character is honest and pure, the opposite of almost every other character in the play, which ensures that this character is subject to misuse. This character is locked away in a tower for the first half of the play.

Corbaccio - This character is an old miser who wants to be named heir to an estate even though he is feeble, deaf, and greedy.